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Patented Dec. 6, I898. G. H. TAYLOR.

TRIMMING (Appliclbion filed May 99, 1897.)

(No Model.)

INVENTOR J hwym ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. TAYLOR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE KURSHEEDT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TRIMMING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,323, dated December 6, 1898.

Application filed May 29,1897. Serial No. 638,668. No m m To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE I-I. TAYLoR, a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt Edge Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to skirt-protectors; and it consists in the skirt-edge protector hereinafter set forth and claimed.

My invention will be understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, showing the structure forming the subject-matter of my invention and the mode or method of pro-.

ducing the same.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of the brush portion of my protector, showing the method of making it. Fig. 2 shows the next step in the manufacture of the protector. Figs. 3 and 4: are sections on lines 3 3 and 4 4, respectively, of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a side view of a section of the completed article. Fig. 6 is a section on line 6 6 of Fig. 5 and Fig. 7 is a section on line 7 7, Fig. 5.

Heretofore it has been customary to produce a skirt-binding by weaving a fabric having free ends of thread projecting from one edge. Trimming of this character is expensive, difficult to make, and more difficult to apply to the skirt, as the skirts being circular considerable difficulty is experienced in properly applying the said trimming to the bottoms by reason of the fact that its edge which has to be applied to the said skirt does not readily admit of bending or curving in such manner as to be properly applied to the skirt. On the other hand, my structure can be readily and properly applied to a curved or and b firmly into contact therewith, so as to unite the said yarn to the strips for the purpose of temporarily holding the entire structure B together in order that it may be subsequentlymanipulated. This unitingmay be accomplished by heat and pressure or by moistening, heating, and pressing or in any other suitable manner. To the edges of this structure folded bands of fabric e f are applied, the edges of the structure B being inserted between the free edges of the folded fabric 6 f and the said edges firmly secured together by rows of stitching g 71., running longitudinally of the structure. The row of stitches 9 passes through the edges e'e of the folded strip e and the edge I) of the structure B, and the row of stitches it passes through the edges f f of the folded strip f and the edge b of the structure B. When I have proceeded thus far, the article under treatment has the appearance of a trimming having two The heading is thereupon corrugated or fluted in order to make it more readily applicable to a circular skirt. This fiuting or corrugating is clearly shown in Figs. 5 and 7 ,wherein the completed article is illustrated. This fluting may be done at any desired period of the process of making the trimming.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-- 1. As anew and useful article of manufae ture, the herein-described skirt-binding comprising a double fluted band of fabric, a brush-like edge of loose fibers entered between the folded portions of the band and secured to the edge thereof bystitching, substantially as described.

2. As a new and useful article of manufacture, the herein-described skirt-edge protector comprising a heading 6 of corrugated textile fabric consisting of two layers and abrush cured thereto by adhesive material, substanhaving its edge inserted between the layers tialiy as described and for the purposes set and secured therein by a line of stitching runforth.

ning longitudinally of the structure, the said brush comprising a strip a and a brush structure having loose ends, the said brush structure embracing the said strip a and being se- GEORGE H. TAYLOR. WVitnesses:

ROLAND S. KURSHEEDT, Max A. KONDELL. 

